Shade-bracket attachment



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. PEARSON, OF VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

SHADE-BRACKET ATTACHMENT.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 391,187, dated October 16, 1888.

Application tiled April 19, 1888. Serial No. 271,130. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. PEnRsoN, of Tater-bury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Shade-Bracket Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

\Vindowshadc rollers are usually supported in cast-iron brackets attached to and standing out from the window frame or casing. These brackets are more or less rough and unsightly.

My invention relates to an attachment to such bracket, whereby the same is relieved from its unsightly appearance and is made more or less ornamental. I provide a sheetmetal bracket-plate, forming an end cap, with one edge bent at right angles to the main p0rtion, which end or edge is adapted to pass beneath the base of the iron bracket, or between it and the wood, and to be held in place by the saine screws that secure the iron bracket, and I prefer to bend over the outer edge of the bracket-plate, so that it may grasp the outer end ofthe iron bracket, and I provide an ornament-such as a ball-which is connected to the bracket-plate standing out therefrom in a line coinciding with the axial line of the shaderoller.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the iron bracket and niy improved attachment and the end of the shade-roller. Fig. 2 is a side elevation or" the saine, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the same.

The shaderoller A and its iron bracket B are of the usual character and construction.

Myimproved attachmentconsistsinthesheetmetal bracket-plate B,havin g a bent edge at B2, that is adapted to pass between the base of the iron bracket and the wood casing, to which the bracket is secured, and to be held in place by the screws that hold the bracket to the casing. The surface of the sheet-metal plate coincides with the side or face of the iron bracket, and

I prefer to bend over the outer edge, C, of thc sheet-metal plate to conform to the outer edge of the iron bracket, so that when the two are put together the end of the sheet-metal plate will grasp and beheld tothe iron bracket. The sheet-metal bracket-plate B thus forms the end cap to the iron bracket, and the same may be ornamented in any desired manner. I prefer, however, to secure to the same the sheet-metal ball and base coinciding with that of the shaderoller and standing out at right angles from the surface of the bracket-plate-B.

My improved attachment is adapted for use with any of the ordinary iron brackets for shade-rollers now in use, and the same adds to the effectiveness of the shade-bracket by covering up with a neat and ornamental end cap the otherwise bare and unsightly sides of the iron bracket.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, with the shade-bracket, of the separate ornamental sheet-metal plate forming an end cap to thc metal shade-bracket, one end of said bracket-plate being attached contiguous to the attaching end of the shadebracket and to the same supporting medium, substantially as specified.

2. The improved attachment for shadebrackets, consisting of a sheet-metal bracketplate,B, having a bent edge, B2, and an outer bent edge, C, and a ball or other ornament, D, said bracket-plate being adapted to be held to and by the iron bracket, and the screws that secure the same in place, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 11th day of April, A. D. 1888.

GEORGE S. PEARSON.

Witnesses:

NATI-1L. It. BRoNsoN, ELLIS PHELAN.

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